Labour - Definitely The Worst of Two Evils
The True Evil Behind Collectivist Parties
As readers will be aware, I don't have a lot of time for any of the main Australian political parties. However, an article in today's "Sydney Morning Herald" reminded me of why the Liberal Coalition, for all their faults, will get my vote as the party most likely to protect our individual rights and freedom.
Paul Sheehan describes in an article "Spreading the Word of Intolerance" (see here) an action (Islamic Council of Australia vs Catch the Fire Ministries) brought under Victoria's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act. In a nutshell, this Act is a device to assist the spread of "Political Correctness" (as defined, of course, by the collectivist bureaucrats of the Labour Party), backed up by the full coercive weapons of the state. Read the article, it's frightening. It's something that could have come straight from "Atlas Shrugged". Needless to say, if elected, Labour wants to introduce similar legislation at the Federal Level.
It will be interesting to see if a countercase is ever permitted, asking the ICA why they should not be prosecuted for promoting an ideology that explicitly advocates the use of force to spread its doctrine.
This sort of thing is a reminder of the key struggle that we are fighting, that is for the rights and liberty of the individual (EVERY individual, regardless of race, sex, creed etc etc ) versus the collectivist ideology. Regardless of how they might promote themselves and regardless of the modern packaging and slick PR they might adopt, left-wing parties are profoundly anti-freedom and anti-prosperity (even anti-life, Rand would argue). Their fundamental creed is that they know what's best for you and you'd better do it for "the greater good" or you'll be in trouble!
Of course, we need to remain vigilant at the other end of the political spectrum as well. Fascism and Communism are simply different aspects of the same "collectivist" evil. I hate to say it, but a huge danger the world faces today is the risk of Fascism in the USA. Don't take that to mean a vote of support for Kerry! However, the Bush administration has taken some profoundly disturbing steps to undermine the USA's system of checks and balances and Congress, in particular, needs to fulfill the role it is meant to play.
As readers will be aware, I don't have a lot of time for any of the main Australian political parties. However, an article in today's "Sydney Morning Herald" reminded me of why the Liberal Coalition, for all their faults, will get my vote as the party most likely to protect our individual rights and freedom.
Paul Sheehan describes in an article "Spreading the Word of Intolerance" (see here) an action (Islamic Council of Australia vs Catch the Fire Ministries) brought under Victoria's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act. In a nutshell, this Act is a device to assist the spread of "Political Correctness" (as defined, of course, by the collectivist bureaucrats of the Labour Party), backed up by the full coercive weapons of the state. Read the article, it's frightening. It's something that could have come straight from "Atlas Shrugged". Needless to say, if elected, Labour wants to introduce similar legislation at the Federal Level.
It will be interesting to see if a countercase is ever permitted, asking the ICA why they should not be prosecuted for promoting an ideology that explicitly advocates the use of force to spread its doctrine.
This sort of thing is a reminder of the key struggle that we are fighting, that is for the rights and liberty of the individual (EVERY individual, regardless of race, sex, creed etc etc ) versus the collectivist ideology. Regardless of how they might promote themselves and regardless of the modern packaging and slick PR they might adopt, left-wing parties are profoundly anti-freedom and anti-prosperity (even anti-life, Rand would argue). Their fundamental creed is that they know what's best for you and you'd better do it for "the greater good" or you'll be in trouble!
Of course, we need to remain vigilant at the other end of the political spectrum as well. Fascism and Communism are simply different aspects of the same "collectivist" evil. I hate to say it, but a huge danger the world faces today is the risk of Fascism in the USA. Don't take that to mean a vote of support for Kerry! However, the Bush administration has taken some profoundly disturbing steps to undermine the USA's system of checks and balances and Congress, in particular, needs to fulfill the role it is meant to play.
posted by Kevin Francis at
9:55 am
